Email Threat Defense: Advanced Protection That Catches What Others Miss

Phishing isn’t slowing down — it’s accelerating. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) recorded 1,003,924 phishing attacks in the first quarter of 2025 alone — the highest volume since late 2023. That’s more than a million attempts in just three months, and each one represents a potential breach, data loss, or costly business disruption.

Attackers are also evolving their tactics, slipping past traditional filters with lookalike domains, QR code links, delayed-activation malware, and AI-written lures that read like they came from a trusted colleague.

Defendify Email Threat Defense changes that equation — stopping advanced threats before they ever reach your inbox and giving IT teams time back to focus on higher-value priorities.

The Problem: Email Is Still the #1 Attack Vector

Email remains the preferred gateway for cybercriminals because it works.

• Phishing schemes trick users into handing over credentials or sensitive data.
• Malware often hides in attachments disguised as invoices, purchase orders, or shared files.
• Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams impersonate executives or vendors to request urgent payments.

Even with basic spam filters, determined attackers find ways through — registering lookalike domains, hiding malicious links behind QR codes, or activating a phishing site hours after sending the email to avoid detection.

For IT teams, this means endless cycles of investigating suspicious messages, chasing false positives, and calming worried users, all while other critical projects sit on hold.

The Defendify Difference: Catching What Others Miss

Defendify Email Threat Defense combines a multi-layered detection engine with the expertise of our Security Operations Center (SOC) to keep malicious emails out — and your team focused on what matters.

Advanced Threat Detection Engine

• Anti-Phishing: Detects phishing and suspected phishing by analyzing sender reputation, domain authenticity, link safety, QR code destinations, and even text inside images via OCR.
• Anti-Malware: Identifies known malware with antivirus scanning and catches new, evasive threats through sandbox analysis.
• URL Reputation & Click-Time Protection: Every click is inspected in real time, even if the link becomes malicious after delivery.
• Data Loss Prevention (Advanced Add-On): Scans messages and attachments for sensitive data such as PII, PHI, and financial information.

Human Expertise

• Quarantine Restore Requests: SOC experts review and approve or deny user-initiated release requests for quarantined messages.
• Phishing Reports: Employees can report suspicious emails for SOC analysis, with malicious ones quarantined and safe ones released back to inboxes.
• Smart Banners: Contextual warnings appear in potentially risky emails, training users to “suspect the unexpected.”

Visibility You Can Act On

Security shouldn’t be a black box. With Email Threat Defense, you see exactly what’s being blocked and why:

• Monthly Reports: Summaries of threats detected, top attacked users, and recommended actions.
• Key Stats: Number of phishing attempts stopped, malware blocked, and restore requests denied.
• User Engagement Data: Insight into phishing reports and restore requests from your team.

What You Can Expect

With advanced detection and expert review, Email Threat Defense is designed to deliver:

• Malicious or unwanted messages blocked before they ever reach users.
• A noticeable reduction in phishing attempts landing in inboxes.
• Restore requests evaluated and resolved by security experts.
• Less IT time spent investigating email threats and managing false positives.

With Email Threat Defense, the goal is clear: stop more threats, reduce the burden on IT, and give you clear visibility into what’s happening in your email environment.

Why Now

With phishing volumes hitting record highs and tactics becoming more sophisticated, relying solely on traditional email filtering leaves dangerous gaps. The combination of advanced detection technology and expert human analysis is now essential for effective protection.

Take the Next Step

Don’t wait for a phishing email to become your next breach. See how Defendify Email Threat Defense can strengthen your defenses, reduce IT workload, and keep your organization a step ahead of attackers.

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